149, Lot: 318. Estimate $300. Sold for $230. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

C. Coelius Caldus. 53 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.97 g). Head of the consul C. Coelius Caldus right; tablet inscribed L.D behind / Radiate head of Sol right; round shield before, S and oval shield behind. Crawford 437/1b; Sydenham 892; Coelia 5. VF, toned, two small bankers’ marks on Sol’s cheek.

From the Harry Strickhausen Collection.